We have to focus on how do we ensure the economy works for everybody, and not just a few.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

People's lives take them strange places. They do strange things, and... well, sometimes they can't talk about them.

An unlimited supply of wonder and trust, bolsters life lived as a process of discovery.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.

The infinite Atonement is for both the sinner and for the saint in each of us.

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

I kind of like it when a lot of people die, and on the other hand I always wonder how many unused frequent-flier miles they had.

Precious was one of a large number of people on the street, many of whom appeared to be women; some, like Precious, actually were.

You can't control a superstar that has an ultimate green light. That's impossible.

Until we eliminate the mentality of violence, we will not find the harmony within ourselves we're looking for.

Nay then, let the devil wear black, for I'll have a suit of sables.